Aircon Air Freight Inc., which calls itself a gateway-as-a-service for the air cargo industry, announced today that it has raised $3.3 million in new funding to invest in deeper partnerships, global gateway expansion and artificial intelligence tech infrastructure. Founded in 2021, Aircon uses AI to identify opportunities across air freight shipments to maximize space and ...

Israeli software-as-a-service security platform startup Grip Security Ltd. announced today that it has raised $41 million in new funding to accelerate its growth trajectory, including expanding investment in go-to-market teams, research and development, operational functions and global expansion. Founded in 2021, Grip offers a SaaS security management platform that offers comprehensive visibility across all enterprise SaaS applications. The ...

Security automation startup Cerby Inc. today announced that it has raised $17 million in new funding to scale up its go-to-market efforts and invest more in generative artificial intelligence. Founded in 2020, Cerby offers an access management platform for nonstandard and disconnected applications. The platform harnesses the power of identity providers to remove the need for enterprise ...

Japanese watchmaker Seiko Group Corp. has been struck by a ransomware attack, with the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware gang claiming responsibility. The attack, officially described as a data breach, was disclosed by Seiko on Aug. 10 and is said to have taken place on July 28. According to Seiko, an unidentified party or parties gained unauthorized access to ...

Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube today published a set of artificial intelligence music principles and launched the YouTube Music AI Incubator, starting with artists and others from Universal Music Group N.V. YouTube’s AI music principles are claimed to be rooted in the service’s commitment to collaborate with the music industry alongside “bold and responsible innovation in the ...

Meta Platforms Inc. is planning to launch a web version of its Threads microblogging platform early in the coming week, according to a Wall Street Journal report today. Despite its limited features, Threads has regularly been referred to as a competitor to X Inc., formerly known as Twitter. Meta launched it with fanfare and a ...

Security researchers at ESET s.r.o. today warned of a new mass-spreading phishing campaign actively targeting Zimbra account user credentials. First detected in April, the ongoing campaign is targeting a variety of small and medium businesses and governmental entities. The largest number of targets recorded so far have been among users in Poland, but other European and ...

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency has released a plan to address systemic cybersecurity risks in remote monitoring and management software. The Remote Monitoring and Management Cyber Defense Plan was created to address the issue wherein cyberthreat actors gain footholds via RMM software into managed service providers and manage security service providers’ servers. In gaining ...

Artificial intelligence startup Elemental Cognition Inc., founded by David Ferrucci, the former head of the team that created IBM Watson, has raised $60 million in new funding. First reported by CNBC, the fundraise was disclosed in a filing today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing states that Elemental Cognition is attempting to raise $65.7 million ...

Edge cloud platform provider Fastly Inc. today announced that it has acquired domain status application programming interface provider Domainr. The company also made Certainly, its public-trust Transport Layer Security Certification Authority service, generally available. Founded in 2008, Domainr helps users find and create app and business names with an instant search and context-aware suggestion capability that ...